Detective/Mystery/Spy Books

Toronto, Musson and Hodder & Stoughton, (1932). First edition. More exciting adventures, some in Dartmoor. Black cloth, stamped in green on cover and spine, green endpapers. Moderate wear. Spine lean. Erasure marks on the front free endpaper. Very good.. (more information)

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London, Hodder and Stoughton, (1925). (VG). Second edition, same month as the first. Stories. Blue cloth, stamped in black on cover and spine. Moderate wear. Very good.. (more information)

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London, Hodder and Stoughton, (1925). Second Edition, same month as the first. Stories, including, 'Uncle James's Golf Match.' Blue cloth, stamped in black on cover and spine. Moderate wear. Slight spine lean. Very good.. (more information)

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New York, Farrar & Rinehart, (1943). First edition, later printing, without the logo.  (VG/G). Anthony Abbot was a pseudonym of Fulton Oursler. Worn at the corners and spine ends of these bright green/blue cloth covers, slight offsetting on both endpapers near the hinges.  Very good i n a good dust jacket, designed by Robert Graves, that is bright but considerably chipped, and has a number of tape repairs both inside and outside, and is price-clipped to boot. . (more information)

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Toronto, M&S, (1990). First edition.  (F/F). A novel of what really happened to Che Guevara and Tania Gutierrez.  Fine in a fine, unclipped dust jacket. . (more information)

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Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 1979. First edition. (NF/VG). The author's third novel.  A story of mistaken identity. Erratum slip tipped in concerning a different kind of mistake. Basically, don't call an anglophone an anglophobe, in Canada anyway.  A double Erratum!  The printed notice is emended again in pencil.  Most unusual.  Near fine with modest edgewear, in a very good price-clipped dust jacket with a couple of tiny chips. . (more information)

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New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1974). First edition. (VG/VG). A mystery set in Switzerland.  Very good with ink name on ffep and spine lean, in a very good, unclipped, slightly edgeworn dust jacket.   . (more information)

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London, Hodder and Stoughton, (1959). (F/VG). First edition. A novel of intrigue. Fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear and some rubbing, and a slightly soiled rear spine panel.. (more information)

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New York, Viking, (1980). First edition. (NF/NF). Name and date on ffep. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with minor edgewear.. (more information)

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New York, Dutton, (1977). First edition. (F/F). The author's first novel. The once-thwarted perfect assassin for British Intelligence, now on the run, lines up his sights on the African dictator Njala again, in London. Fine in a fine dust jacket, not price-clipped.. (more information)

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London, Granada, (1982). First edition. (VG/VG+). A modern-day Scheherazade in the form of a KBG defector. Spine lean. Very good in a very good dust plus jacket with moderate edgewear.. (more information)

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New York, Triangle, (1942). First Triangle Books Edition. Very good with slight extremity wear, and browned pages. The very good dust jacket has a large chip (1/2" x 1 1/4") out of the top of the spine. (VG/VG).. (more information)

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(New York), Macfadden-Bartell, (1969). First printing. (F). A simple murder, looks like suicide. Paperback, #75-242. A fine copy, without creases.. (more information)

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New York, Bobbs-Merrill, (1973). First edition. (NF/VG). The author's first suspense novel, set in a bar on the Hudson River. Miniscule wear. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear.. (more information)

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London, Heinemann, (1962). First edition.  (NF/VG). Top inch of spine is slightly faded.  Near fine in a very good dust jacket worn on the folds and with several short closed tears.. (more information)

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New York, Atheneum, 1969. First edition. (NF/VG). The novel of a treachery in which agents seek to subvert their own nations for financial gain. Inked out name on the ffep. Near Fine in a very good dust jacket with chipping at the spine ends.. (more information)

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New York, Pocket Books, (1943). First Pocket Books edition. (VG). #193. Creases on both covers but not on spine, and a few small chips. Pages not yellowing at all. Very good or better.. (more information)

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New York, Atheneum, 1974. First edition. (F/NF). A fine copy in a near fine, unclipped, dust jacket darkening at the top and bottom edges of the white front panel.   . (more information)

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Toronto, The Bodley Head Canada, (1967). First edition. (NF/VG). Arthur is in Athens trying to get a passport. Near fine in olive cloth that is faded along the bottom edge of the covers and spine. The very good dust jacket, which appears to be from the British edition, has light edgewe ar and is price-clipped.. (more information)

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New York, Walker, (1974). First edition. (VG/VG). The author's second novel. A thriller to save the life of the scientist who has discovered the secret of immortality. Small sticker inside fron cover. Very good in a very good dust jacket that is rubbed, but not price-cl ipped.. (more information)

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np, np (Pirate), (1969). First pirated edition of the author's first novel. (NF/VG). While the Simon & Schuster logo appears on a blank front leaf, there is no other publishing identification except a mass of (presumably) Chinese characters on the copyright page, belying the statement "First U.S. printing". The dust jacket, paradoxically, is priced at $4.95. Ink initials on the rear free endpaper. Near fine in a moderately rubbed white dust jacket.. (more information)

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Toronto, Star Weekly, 1959. Reprint. (VG). The author's first mystery, winner of the Cock Robin Mystery Award. This is a 16-page stand-alone insert from the August 1, 1959 Toronto Star Weekly Magazine. Folio (14" x 11") on newsprint, illustrated cover page. Presumed abrid ged as the Macmillan harcover first book edition ran 180 pp. Browning a bit around the edges. Very good.. (more information)

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New York, Putnam's, (1980). First edition. (VG/VG). The first book written under this pseudonym (of Lawrence Sanders). A novel about a novelist creating trouble. Very good with modest wear at the spine ends and one bumped corner. The very good dust jacket, not price-clipp ed, has slight edgewear and a fold on the rear flap.. (more information)

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London, Hutchinson, (1983). First edition. (NF/NF). A spy story beginning in Venice. Fine but for a remainder dot on the bottom edge. The near fine dust jacket, not price-clipped, has slight wear at the spine ends with one short closed tear.. (more information)

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London, Hutchinson, (1974). First movie edition. (F/F). A novel of espionage. The movie starred Julie Andrews, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quale, Oscar Homulka, Daniel O'Herlihy, and Sylvia Syms. The dust jacket of this book features photographs from the movie of Julie Andrews an d Omar Sharif. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. (more information)

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London, Hutchinson, (1975). First edition.  (NF/VG+). Very slight spine lean.  Near fine in an unclipped, bright dust jacket with three near invisible closed tears, and tiny chipping at the corners and spine ends. . (more information)

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New York, Putnam's, (1983). First edition. (NF/NF). Another Davina Graham spy story, this one starts in Mexico. Bookplate, else fine in a near fine dust jacket with miniscule edgewear.. (more information)

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(Toronto), Stoddart, (1985). First edition. (NF/NF). Miniscule wear, slight spine lean. Near fine in a like dust jacket with minor edgewear.. (more information)

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London, Hutchinson, (1988). First edition.  A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.. (more information)

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London, Hutchinson, (1974). (VG/VG). First edition. A murder mystery with drugs. Moderate wear, slight offsetting inside the covers, ink name and date on the front free endpaper. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear.. (more information)

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